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- How South Philly’s full-block light displays work
- That ‘curious’ lane switch in the middle of the Manayunk Bridge? Planners say it’s on purpose.
- The Frank Rizzo statue is repaired, and the search for a new location is underway
- SEPTA’s bus numbering system is a relic from the streetcar era
- What it’s like to be one of Philly’s 6,500 block captains